Entries close Midnight this Friday 21 November 2008

Do you want to get your off the wall designs onto the wall?
Hankering for an easy $5000?
 
The Flash Photobition Digital Wallpaper Design Competition is asking designers, artists and architects to create Australia’s best digital wallpaper design. Entries are open now and close Friday 21st November 2008.

To enter go to flash.com.au/wallpaper, fill out the online entry form and upload your digital wallpaper file. High resolution scans of manullay drawn designs will also be accepted. Designs must join side to side and top to bottom, making a repetitive pattern.

The winner will receive $5,000, as well as a roll of their own Flash Photobition Custom Wallpaper printed, as will the runners up. There will also be an online vote for the People's Choice Award.

Also see Terms and Conditions at flash.com.au/wallpaper

 

The winner of the Seidler Textures Rug Award 2008 is announced in Sydney.

Honouring Sydney’s most iconic architect, Harry Seidler, the Designer Rugs Seidler Textures Rug Award, recognises outstanding applications of textured Designer Rugs in commercial or residential developments.

The Awards night was fittingly held at the fantastic penthouse of Seidler Apartments in Glen St Milsons Point on 19 November.

The winning entry was from John Taylor of Stockland for The Waterfront Apartments in Kingston ACT – a project using four rugs reflecting the strong architectural form of four atriums. Colours were chosen to echo the distinct change in Canberra’s seasons from autumnal reds to the greens of spring.

 

The Runners up:

 

Byron Bay private residence, Liz Dixon: Director, Pod Interiors

CBRE North Sydney, Vanessa Craig: Senior Designer, FutureSpace

Hunt and Hunt Head office, Sonia Attard: Interior Designer, Cunsolo Architects 

Collins Tower Practice, Wen Mah: Designer, Collins Tower Pty Ltd

To read more on the Awards and the other finalists click here…
 

designerrugs.com.au

 John Taylor from Stockland- The Waterfront Apartments, ACT

 

 

 

Remember the Studio Bagno competition at this year’s Brisbane Indesign? Well the winner has been announced. Richard Coulson of Cox Rayner Architects in Brisbane was the lucky winner, who is actually about to do up his bathroom.

Richard won by simply registering on the day at Studio Bagno’s display in the QA Hotel in James Street. He has won a chic new bathroom from the NIC Design range worth $4000.

The Nic bathroom range, sold in Australia by Studio Bagno, epitomises the best in cutting edge Italian bathroom design. Using new technologies and employing creative Italian designers, Nic has developed a range of elegant and cutting edge designs with the motto ‘Less is more’.

Nic Design is based in the Latium area of Italy, about 40km north of Rome and its collection includes a number of ranges, from the sculptural simplicity of ‘Pixel’ to the amorphous sensuality of ‘Pillow’ to the clean lines and low profile of ‘Canale’.

Congratulations Richard!

 

Nic
nicdesign.it

Studio Bagno
studiobagno.com.au

 

 

Calling all creative Corian® specifiers, the third annual Corian® Design Awards (4th edition) are now open for submissions.

Inspired by the possibilities of this contemporary material, CASF have been recognising the creative use of Corian® in both Commercial and Residential design for three years.

This year there have already been three editions, with a winner in each of the two categories (residential and commercial). Winners of this fourth edition will take home an iPod Nano, be featured on the Corian® website, with the added possibility of publicity in a range of major design magazines. They will also be in the running for the 2008 Grand Prize, which is $2000 cash

The judging panel for the Grand Prize is made up of design duo blueandbrown, DuPont Surfaces representative Massimo Fucci and designer, Joseph Licciardi. Winners of the three editions so far have been: Commercial – Alexander Lotersztain, MIMA Design, John Wardle Architects and Wilson Architects; Residential – John Cunningham, Mal Corboy Design, Minosa by Darren Genner & Simona Castagna.

Entry forms can be downloaded from corian.com.au.

 

The annual University of Technology Sydney Graduate Design Exhibition will take place from 2-8 December.

Showcasing the works of Graduate Bachelor of Design students in Visual Communication, Fashion and Textiles, Interior Design and Industrial Design and Animation, DSGN 08 presents the freshest new talent in the industry.

The exhibition will take place in the UTS Tower in Ultimo, and will also feature a catwalk show, and multi-media and communication works from third year students.


DSGN 08

What: Graduate Design students from UTS showcase their major works to the public.
When: 2-8 December 2008
Where: UTS Tower, City Campus. 15 Broadway, Ultimo.
Cost: Free, except for the Fashion Catwalk Show where tickets are $30. Fashion Show tickets are available at the UTS College Shop- Shop 2, 702 - 730 Harris St. Ultimo NSW 2007
Web: dab.uts.edu.au/design/graduate-show

 

This week is National Recycling Week.

This year, the NRW campaign is focusing on ‘Recycle Right’, with the aim of educating Australians about the correct way to recycle.

Now in its twelfth year, NRW promotes responsible recycling with events and activities across the country. To join in the spirit, here are a few of our recent recycling reports.

The Greenhouse: A quirky creation in Melbourne’s Federation Square

Finding New Life in Design: Recycling with Australian designer Annabelle Peters.

Salvage Design: Design fad or sustainable solution? Is the shift towards salvage design a temporary whim or a real revolution? Kirsty Máté investigates.

Going Nuts: Finding a new use for the Australian classic, the macadamia nut.

 

For recycling fact sheets, events and activities, visit recyclingweek.planetark.org. For the latest in design sustainability news, be sure to keep up to date with indesignlive.com.


National Recycling Week

When: 10-16th November 2008
Where: Australia-wide
Web: recyclingweek.planetark.org

 

Entries are now open for the red dot award in product design.

The annual competition is open to entrants worldwide, and is a chance for designers to compete on the international stage. The red dot design award is the world’s largest design competition, drawing more than 11,000 entries from across the globe.

For 2009, products will be assessed across 17 different design groups. Winners of the competition receive a red dot trophy, which is internationally recognised as a symbol of design innovation and integrity.

Entries close: 23 January 2009
Web: red-dot.de

 

The University of New South Wales are holding their annual Bachelor of Interior Architecture Graduation Exhibition from 5-6 December.

The exhibition, [x]form, will be held at SCEGGS, Darlinghurst, and feature the work of designers graduating from the BIA degree.

Starts: 5 December 2008
Venue: The Great Hall, SCEGGS Darlinghurst
Contact: xform@fbe.unsw.edu.au
Web: xform.net.au

 

The Design Institute of Australia have elected Joanne Cys FDIA as their new National President.

Cys, an interior designer and academic from South Australia, replaces industrial designer David Robertson FDIA. Cys is aiming to increase the role of the DIA within the Australian and international design scene.

‘The DIA needs to make a concerted effort to speak out regularly in public and government forums locally, nationally and internationally, not only on issues of design, but also on areas that design expertise can contribute to,” she says.
 
Through her presidency, she hopes to gain greater recognition of the role of designers throughout the country.
 
‘We also need to champion and service employed designers – the often unseen and unacknowledged practitioners who work for others within manufacturing companies, government departments, architectural practices and other organisations.”

 

Entries to the KE-ZU, Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive lighting competition close on 31 October 2008. The competition asks entrants to design "an ambient lamp for the darkness of tomorrow". Using current Kenneth Cobonpue and Hive lighting manufacturing materials designers are asked to create energy efficient lighting solutions for any indoor use.

Entries are open to students and professionals resident in Australia. Designs are to be submitted electronically or on paper, in CAD form, sketches, renders or computer rendering.

Get in quick for your chance to win a return trip from any Australian capital city to the Hive factory in Cebu, Philippines to see their design manufactured. The winner will also be credited for the product should it make it into regular production.

Full competition rules can be found here.

kezu.com.au